Relics on display at the Church of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem

Top row left to right: finger of St. Thomas, fragment of the pillar where Jesus was scourged, thorns from the crown of thorns

Center: piece of wood from the Cross of Jesus

Bottom row: a nail used in the crucifixion of Jesus; the sign posted above Jesus on the Cross: Jesus Nazarenus...

St. Helena brought these relics from Jerusalem to Rome. Pilgrims have come to the Church of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem for many centuries to view these relics and to remember the passion and death of Jesus.